. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/157 
28 April 2006 
 (06-2018) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English/ 
                 French 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   CANADA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Department of Industry 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above 
Canadian Enquiry Point 
200-270 Albert Street 
Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1P 6N7 Tel:  (+1 613) 238 3222 
Fax:  (+1 613) 569 7808 
E-mail:  info@scc.ca 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [ X ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:    
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable:  Radiocommunications 
Equipment (ICS:  33.060). 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Radiocommunication 
Act - Notice No. SMSE-001-06 — Amendment of Radio Standards Specification 119 
(RSS-119) (Pages 847-849;  English and French). 
6. Description of content:   Notice is hereby given that I ndustry Canada is amending Radio 
Standards Specification 119 (RSS-119), which set s out requirements for radio transmitters 
and receivers for land mobile and fixed services  in bands allocated within the 27.41 MHz to 
960 MHz range.  This revised RSS is: 
Radio Standards Specification 119, Issue 7, Land Mobile and Fixed Radio Transmitters 
and Receivers Operating in the Frequency Range 27.41-960 MHz.   
 
RSS-119 was updated to  1. include requirements for land mobile and fixed equipment operating in the 220-222 MHz 
band;  2. revise the emission mask for the 800-900 MHz range to accommodate new technologies;  
3. revise the spurious emission limits (using th e radiated measurement method) for receivers 
to comply with the limits found in RSS-Gen; and  4. remove Annex A, Data Modem Certification, as data modems have been reclassified as Category II equipment, subject to the requirements of RSS-310, Low-power Licence-exempt 
Radiocommunication Devices (All Frequency Bands): Category II Equipment .  G/TBT/N/CAN/157 
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  In addition to the above changes, RSS-119 h as been reformatted and updated to reflect 
Industry Canada's current practices. RSS-Ge n has information common to most Radio 
Standard Specifications, including RSS-119.   Note that the above RSS documen t is  available in English a nd French on Industry Canada’s 
Web site: http://strategis.gc.ca/spectrum 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of the network 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 22 April 2006 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   not stated. 
22 April 2006. 
10. Final date for comments:   21 July 2006 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body: 
The electronic version of these documents can be downloaded at: 
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2006/20060422/pdf/g1-14016.pdf 
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/intern et/insmt-gst.nsf/en/sf01063e.html